The Dragon, The Blade and the Thread: Book Three of The Star Trilogy

Prince Corin refuses to follow in his warrior father's footsteps. He prefers sewing to sword-fighting and finds it tedious to daily tend to the Luck Dragon. Then his cousin Elinor comes to stay, and to Corin's annoyance, she embraces everything he rejects. Elinor uncovers a plot to overthrow the crown and soon afterward she is kidnapped. It is up to Corin to embrace accept all the lessons he has been taught in order to save his cousin and the crown.